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to bring down: To reduce the amount or level of something:

I opened the window to bring down the temperature in my room.

Can you bring the volume of the stereo down a bit?

I know that "to increase" or "to raise" is the opposite of "to bring down".

But, the opposite of "bring" is "take" and the opposite of "down" is "up".

Do we have "to take up" as the opposite of "to bring down"?

For example, I closed the window to take up the temperature in my room.

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I would say, "Raise the temperature."

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  • I would be more likely to speak of lowering the temperature, but to speak of bringing it down is perfectly correct, too.
    – Charles B. Cameron
    Commented May 18, 2022 at 3:06
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I would use the phrase "heat up", for e.g. "to heat up the room, to warm up the car".

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